TOON River won the Grade B Holden Plant Rentals Shamrock Handicap Chase over two and a quarter miles at Gowran Park on Saturday, and almost as remarkable as the fact that this was his second victory in that blacktype contest is that all five wins in his career have been at that Co Kilkenny venue.

Now aged 11, he is a son of the late Old Road Stud stallion Witness Box (by Lyphard), the horse who also gave us high-class performers such as Take The Stand, Monbeg Dude, Colbert Station, Godsmejudge and Wymott.